HANNITY: And joining me now is one of the Martin family attorneys, and that's Daryl Parks. Mr. Parks, thank you, sir, for being with us.

DARYL PARKS, MARTIN TRAYVON FAMILY ATTORNEY: Good evening.........

/snip/

HANNITY: But you are talking about one witness that came out today. But the police spoke to the one eyewitness that night that said he saw Trayvon on top of Mr. Zimmerman, pushing his head into the ground, his injuries with a broken nose and lacerations to the back of his head were consistent, were they not, with the story that the eyewitness was talking about?

PARKS: Well, we have something to contradict that. Now we see pictures of Mr. Zimmerman --

HANNITY: What is that?

PARKS: Well, the pictures from the Sanford Police Department when the police cruiser is in the bay, Mr. Zimmerman gets out of the vehicle. We see him get out. We don't see any blood on the shirt.

HANNITY: Well, hang on a second.

PARKS: -- on the jacket.

HANNITY: He was treated by a medic, was he not? At the scene?

PARKS: But he claims to have blood all over his body. Do you see any blood on the jacket, on his shirt? No you don't.

HANNITY: No. But The Daily Caller actually focused in and it appeared that they saw an injury to the back of the head which would have been consistent with the laceration. And either he had a broken nose or he didn't have a broken nose. And according to the -- there was another witness that came out, Fox 35 in Orlando, interviewed a woman that said that the blood was -- was kind of all over the place and that she saw the injury to -- Mr. Zimmerman's face.

PARKS: Well, if she said there was blood all over the place, we can look at the frame and determine whether or not.

HANNITY: No, no, no, no. How do you know he didn't change his clothes? In other words, he was treated by a medic. He lived in the neighborhood. Do we know if he changed his clothes?

PARKS: If he changed his clothes, Mr. Hannity, we have a real problem.

HANNITY: Why is that?

PARKS: It's evidence in a murder case.

HANNITY: It doesn't mean that the clothes were not given to the police. We don't know if we had it or not. We know that -- we also know that there were green stains on the back from grass on the back of Mr. Zimmerman's shirt as well.

Here's my point. And this is what is very concerning. I don't really know what happened here. And I just think this is a tragedy. I have almost thought from the beginning, if you listen to the 911 call, you hear the comments of Mr. Zimmerman and he says, uh-oh, he-- in his mind, right or wrong, and it appears it was wrong, thought that he saw somebody that he didn't recognize in the neighborhood, a neighbor that had experienced crime recently. He talked about, quote, "acting strange, reaching for a waistband." So, at least in his mind, he thought there was some threat.

Secondly, then you have Trayvon, and I can understand from his point of view, probably thinking who is this guy looking at me? Who is this guy on the phone, maybe following me? And you know, I can see where both sides at least emotionally, mentally had a very different perspective of what was going on, which could lead to a horrific tragedy and in this case, the death of an innocent kid.

PARKS: Mr. Hannity, please, back up a second. First of all, you see Trayvon walking down the street with some skittles and an iced tea.

HANNITY: He didn't see that. That's not what he said on the 911 tape.

PARKS: No. He said he was walking down the street. That's what he said.

HANNITY: Yes, well, I'm only giving you both sides here. And the one side, the Zimmerman side is saying that George Zimmerman told his father that in fact, he was walking back to the car and it was Trayvon who confronted him and threatened him and broke his nose and put these lacerations on the back of the head. Are you denying that that's a possibility?

PARKS: Let me take you back. OK.

HANNITY: No, no, no, you can take me back. But is that a possibility that Trayvon broke his nose and pounded his head into the cement? Is that possible.

PARKS: Well, it's quite possible that he was the one that's instigated the incident when he got out of the vehicle out of the -- and became a vigilante. He started to fight with Trayvon..........

Who says he had Skittles and ice tea? Is there any police confirmation of this? Or is this just one of the many lies the family, the attorneys and the msm spouting as they’re trying to protray him as a little innocent 12 year old? When Zimmerman was on the phone with the cops, he said the teen was approaching him with his hand in his waistband so where was this supposed candy and drink?

Others have pointed out that skittles and az tea are street names for drugs so was he shoving drugs down his pants? Or was he acting as if he had a weapon when approaching Zimmerman? Or was he jive @ss strutting?

I also want to know who exactly it was who decided this incident was worthy of national news, celebs and congress wearing hoodies and the POTUS wanting him as a son? Someone had to have latched on to this and trotted it to the WH. I want the name.

While the Zimmerman/Martin white on black killing is covered 24/7 on the MSM with an outpouring of rage and charges of a racial hate crime, where is the concern- where is the rage about the home invasion, torture, beating, rape and murder of the elderly white couple by a gang of feral blacks in Oklahoma just a few weeks ago?

The 90 year old war veteran husband was beaten and his jaw broken. He was shot in the face numerous times with a BB gun and sent to the hospital in critical condition.

The 85 year old partially blind wife was RAPED and then BEATEN TO DEATH.

Can you just imagine the pain, the humiliation, the horror that dear old lady experienced being gang raped by that pack of feral animals?

(the autopsy states she was raped. Dont think all of these animals didnt all participate)

And can you imagine the pain, the horror of that dear old husband having to witness this?

Theres a lot more involved here than a home invasion and robbery.

WHERE ARE THE CHARGES OF A RACIAL HATE CRIME??

90 year old husbands jaw broken and shot in face with a BB gun numerous times?

85 wife year old semi blind wife RAPED and BEATEN to death??

Why does it take a foreign press to enlighten America as to this henious crime?

Neighborhood Watch is undoubtedly one of the oldest and most well-known crime prevention programs in history. While the modern day concept of program rose to prominence in the late 1960s in response to an increasing burglary rate...

The modern version of the Neighborhood Watch-USAonWatch Program was developed as a result of the multiple requests from sheriffs and police chiefs around the country who were looking for a crime prevention program that would incorporate citizen involvement and address the increasing number of burglaries taking place, especially in rural and suburban areas. In 1972, the National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) took the concept a step further by seeking funding to make the program a national initiative...http://www.usaonwatch.org/about/default.aspx?

Always appreciate a reminder of what a great thing it was to escape NYS. I see the morons in Albany continue to work hard doing the State’s business...

How about this: If those guys were walking through my neighborhood wearing the hoods, they would be suspicious. Not because of their skin color (that has no bearing), but because they would be strangers on private street hiding their identity. I would approach them, out of doing what neighbors are supposed to do - look after each others homes and property. In fact, that’s what we do in my neighborhood - it’s kind of expected. If they didn’t understand that, I’d explain it. If I wasn’t confident about their intentions, I’d call the Police and other neighbors. If they chose to fight with me, it wouldn’t end well. It would not. End well.

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posted on 03/30/2012 3:01:42 PM PDT
by Made In The USA
(Bacon wrapped in bacon, wrapped in bacon, wrapped in bacon...)

“Vigilante” in Spanish simply means “watchman,” which is what Zimmerman was.

I don’t think the HOA should have allowed armed watchmen,precisely because there is such a possibility of things like this happening.

But that would be, at worst, civil negligence, or negligent homicide or manslaughter - and not criminal homicide, which is the charge they want against Zimmerman.

Also, the “hate crime” stuff, which is ridiculous anyway since apparently only one group is protected by it, shouldn’t even be considered here, because Zimmerman would have fixed on any teenager in a hoodie giving a close look to the houses. Many of our hoodie-wearing thugs in Florida are white, although they are usually busy holding up the 7-11 or the local pharmacist in order to get OxyContin and don’t bother with residential burglaries...

Good questions. I'd like to know if there is verification that Martin actually visited a store during the time he was out? Do they have him on video, or has any store clerk identified him and his purchase? Did they recover Skittles and iced tea at the scene of the shooting? Since his death wasn't of natural causes, what were the findings of the blood work that had to be done. Did he have drugs in his system or in his possession? Since the police are still in possession of Zimmerman's gun, did they find any other fingerprints on it? Did they find any of Zimmerman's blood/DNA on Martin or under his nails?

The kid was shot on February 26th. This mess didn't go national until sometime in mid March. Can't say who initially started turning it into a racial thing, but we know that Jackson and Sharpton have been involved more recently. The state attorney decided that there wasn't enough evidence to get a conviction of Zimmerman, and that should have been the end of the case, but somebody's flaming the fires of racism to create a national issue. I've read that the Justice Dept. is having the FBI investigate. I wonder how long that's going to take.

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posted on 03/30/2012 3:48:45 PM PDT
by mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)

PARKS: No. He said he was walking down the street. That's what he said.

No, he said "This guy looks like he's up to no good, or he's on drugs or something. It's raining and he's just walking around, looking about."

Then he added, "He's here now and hes just staring looking at all the houses."

And lest we forget, he also said that Martin was "staring at me now" and "coming to check me out."

So, no, he never said Martin was just walking down the street. He said he looked like he was up to no good, and he also described an initial reaction by Martin which certainly exhibited no fear of Zimmerman.

A few minutes ago on the national NBC evening news, they dragged out the 2005 booking picture and reported how he resisted arrest and struggled with the officer. Then there was the report on spousal abuse. It’s fair to report this IF they did the same for Martin. I thought for a moment that as they were saying that despite these incidents that he was still allowed a gun permit but then they were back to their usual games saying if he had been arrested on the previous and sentenced to the max that he wouldn’t have been allowed to carry and a poor widdle black kiddie wouldn’t have been killed by this big meanie.

Does anyone know how long it had been raining and how hard? Why would anyone go out in the rain and walk two miles to get candy and then walk two miles back to the house? Just another thing that Martin was doing that doesn’t add up.

The only job of a neighborhood watch person is to call the police, not to go after the bad guy themselves.

It sounds like Zimmerman did just call the police, and possibly went back to his car and was attacked by Martin, or possibly continued to follow Martin and was attacked by him. Regardless, Zimmerman was obviously defending himself...but he shouldn’t have been armed in the first place if he was acting in his capacity as neighborhood watchman.

The police were on their way so he wouldn’t have been any more seriously injured than he was, none of this would have happened, and Martin would probably now be sitting in a jail cell for assault and battery on a designated neighborhood watchman.

I live in Florida (about 1 1/2 hrs from Sanford), and I saw nothing about this until very recently. I was also wondering who turned it into a national event.

I read today that Martin’s mother hired some well-known “civil rights” lawyer, probably because she was looking for money. Remember, she’s the one who trademarked her kid’s name...

One of the initial recommendations was for negligent homicide (manslaughter), which would probably have resulted only in probation or some such thing, mitigated because Zimmerman was obviously defending himself, even if he shouldn’t have put himself in harm’s way to begin with. Probably there would have been a civil suit.

But what really happened is that Obama and the Dems picked this up and ran with it. Bambi thought he was losing the black vote, because he’s done absolutely nothing for them except hand out bucks to the lowest of the low welfare class and has created a hugely high black unemployment rate in passing. So what better way to stir up his base than with an appeal to race?

Its about justice, says Crump, 42. Too many times, whether its Martins case or Trayvons, our society looks on the death of black boys like theyre throwaways. And were not going to let them get away with it.

Crump doesnt do it alone. His partner, Daryl Parks, is just as apt as Crump in the courtroom or in handling the news media.

Together, the two lawyers have handled Trayvons case like Martins, with one big difference: They learned their lesson six years ago in the boot-camp case.

In Trayvons case, they alerted the news media more quickly. They phoned the Rev. Al Sharpton almost instantly, and organized marches with local civil-rights activists. They also started pressing for federal involvement and alleging a cover-up from the get-go.

Race is central to their practice  but thats because racism is so central to the black experience in Florida. Parks, 42, said he took one case  involving a Lakeland police officers shooting of the black father of a child driven without a baby seat  because he was appalled by an officers statement that Youve got to control them.

Said Parks: Who the hell is them? I had a black juror and I made sure she heard that.

Parks & Crump won the case. Now theyre fighting in the Legislature to get the victim compensated.

Crump was first contacted by a cousin of Trayvon Martins father. The cousin, a Miami attorney, was familiar with Crumps civil rights work in Florida. Before Martins death, Crump was best known for representing the parents of a teenage boy who died after an encounter with guards at a Florida boot camp in 2006. The videotaped beating of Martin Lee Anderson attracted national attention and led to the closure of the states boot camps for juvenile offenders.

Crump, 42, and his wife, Genae Angelique Crump, are raising two teenage boys who are the biological sons of Crumps cousin. The oldest is Martins age.

Trayvon hits home on many levels, Crump said.

Crump and his law partner, Daryl Parks, are Tallahassee-based personal injury attorneys who primarily handle wrongful death and negligence cases. But their everyday work often involves civil rights issues.

Daryl and Ben look at things in a broader perspective, said James Messer, a Tallahassee attorney who serves on the board of the Tallahassee Bar Association with Crump. While there may be a wrongful death issue, it involves, in their eyes, more than anything a civil rights cause (Crump) has a passion for issues that have something to do with civil rights violations.

Obama started all of this when he was running for President in '08. He gave that speech on race and threw his grandmother under the bus. Called her a "typical white person" because she was fearful of a black panhandler who had approached her for money while she was waiting at a bus stop. The sad part is that she wasn't fearful because he was black; she was fearful of having to wait at that bus stop again; afraid that she'd be accosted again by that same guy. According to Obama's own book, his grandmother had given the guy a dollar, but he demanded more, and she said that if the bus hadn't come, she was afraid he would have hit her. The poor lady was labeled a racist by her grandson, despite the fact that she would have been fearful under the circumstances, whether the guy was white or black.

Then there was the Louis Gates incident, when Obama decided to tell the world that the "police acted stupidly." Now it's the Trayvon Martin case, and Obama says that if he had a son, he would look like Trayvon. Through his words and actions, he fans the flames of racial tension every chance he gets.

Unfortunately this isn't the first time the left has used the race card to gain political traction. Remember the James Byrd, Jr. ad that the NAACP ran during Bush's first Presidential campaign? It was narrated by Byrd's daughter who insinuated that the election of Bush would be like reliving the dragging death of her father all over again. It was, I believe, the main reason that Bush would never accept an invitation to speak at the NAACP convention.

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posted on 03/30/2012 7:57:01 PM PDT
by mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)

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